Writing Wizard: Learn to Write3.5.2 - App Store

"Fantastic, customizable tracing practice with fun rewards." 5 Stars - Common Sense Media

500,000+ units sold (including 300,000+ to schools) !

Writing Wizard is designed to help every child learn how to trace letters, numbers, and words through a fun system carefully designed to maintain motivation.

. Show and enforce how to trace letters correctly
. Letter names and phonics (customizable)
. 16 Fonts available (including 3 most popular in the US)
. Fun tracing using 50+ animated stickers, sound effects and interactive games that animate letters at the end of tracing
. Uppercase & lowercase letters, numbers, and words
. Ability to create your own word lists (and record audio for each word)
. Fully customizable to suit every child’s needs (letter size, difficulty,...)
. Check progress thanks to reports that display what the child has traced
. Shapes tracing activity for toddlers
. Create PDF Worksheets and print them to help your child to write on paper
. Use Apple pencil to write at a very small size

All the shapes, the first 7 letters, numbers, and words are free. The remaining letters and the ability to add your own words can be unlocked with a one-time purchase or a monthly subscription.
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ACCOLADES

. "Writing Wizard is the most complete and intelligent letter tracing app we’ve seen"" AppoLearning.com
. "This brand-new app should be the go-to for every parent, teacher and therapist to work on handwriting" - TOP PICKS - 5 stars - SmartAppsForKids.com
. "Writing Wizard by L’Escapadou is everything a parent wants in a handwriting app, and more." 5/5 - kids-app-reviews.com
. "L’Escapadou has made handwriting fun." AppyMall.com 5/5
. Listed in "20 best educational iPhone and iPad apps for kids of 2013" - appsplayground.com
. Editor's Choice Award for Excellence in Design - Children's Technology Review

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PERFECT FOR KIDS

Kids want to have fun, and Writing Wizard offers a lot of fun to keep them motivated in the learning process!

. They can trace using 50+ animated stickers and sound effects
. Once tracing is complete, they can interact with them on 4 games that animate letters
. They can trace any word - like their name - and record their voice for each word
. They can collect stars in 5-Stars play mode
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PERFECT FOR PARENTS & TEACHERS

. Ability to create your own word lists (and record audio for each word)
. Detailed reports provide information on what kids have done, including the ability to replay and export the tracings to view kids' progress
. Share word lists via iCloud Drive or other cloud providers, adhoc network, or email
. Multiple parameters to customize the app according to the child’s current education level (e.g. letter size, difficulty, show/hide model, allow to stop between key points, etc.)
. 3 most popular fonts in the US (ZB, DN & HWT) and 13 international fonts (UK, Scandinavia, Australia, Germany and France)
. Upper and lower case letters, numbers (and word lists)
. Letter names and letter sounds (which can be customized)
. A customizable 5-Stars play mode prompting the child to trace a letter or a word 5 times using different parameters (each step is more challenging)
. Create an unlimited number of users
. Many settings to customize the app (sound, game time limit, black background,...)
. In the A-Z section, special graphics available to match letters (e.g. ant graphic for A/a)

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Privacy Policy

KNOW WHAT'S INSIDE
As a Moms with Apps member, we follow the "Know what's inside" best practices for kids’ apps

L’Escapadou takes children’s privacy seriously. We believe you should not have to worry about your kids being tracked by apps or websites. This app:
. Does not collect any user information (we do not use data collection tools)
. External Links : Before accessing a parent section, an operation must be solved so that young kids cannot access it.

Terms of use : https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Version History • New sight-word lists: We've added the popular Dolch and Fry sight-word lists, the most common words children meet in early reading and writing.
• Smoother tracing: We've improved how tracing is detected and drawn, so letters and words feel more responsive as your child writes.
• Worksheet fix: A new worksheet layout for iPhone makes the font size control much easier to use on smaller screens.
• Bug fixes and stability: We fixed several crashes and a number of smaller issues to make practice time more reliable.

Thank you for using Writing Wizard! If you have ideas or run into a problem, we'd love to hear from you at support@lescapadou.com 3.5.2 Aug 30 • New sight-word lists: We've added the popular Dolch and Fry sight-word lists, the most common words children meet in early reading and writing.
• Smoother tracing: We've improved how tracing is detected and drawn, so letters and words feel more responsive as your child writes.
• Bug fixes and stability: We fixed several crashes and a number of smaller issues to make practice time more reliable.

Thank you for using Writing Wizard! If you have ideas or run into a problem, we'd love to hear from you at support@lescapadou.com 3.5.1 Jul 15 • New sight-word lists: We've added the popular Dolch and Fry sight-word lists, the most common words children meet in early reading and writing.
• Smoother tracing: We've improved how tracing is detected and drawn, so letters and words feel more responsive as your child writes.
• Bug fixes and stability: We fixed several crashes and a number of smaller issues to make practice time more reliable.

Thank you for using Writing Wizard! If you have ideas or run into a problem, we'd love to hear from you at support@lescapadou.com 3.5 Jul 9 • iOS 26 compatibility and now available in Brazilian Portuguese, including letter names and sounds (phonics) 3.3 10/15/2025 • Improved User Interface
• OS 18 optimizations

As always, please share your feedback and suggestions to help us improve the app (support@lescapadou.com). Also, feel free to rate the app in the Parents section—your rating is very important to us! Thank you! 3.2 10/08/2024 • New font: ABC Boum (Québec)
• New simple shapes have been added
• New tiny font size is now available in the settings for the 5-star mode
• The Complex Child Lock mode is now even more... complex

As always, please send us your feedback and suggestions so we can make the app even better (support@lescapadou.com). And don't hesitate to rate the app, it is very important for us! Thanks :-) 3.1 04/16/2024 • New behaviors when the app detects that the child's finger, or the stylus, is out the correct path. There are now 3 possible behaviors : “Stay in Place”, “Back to the Last Validated Key Point”, and “Back to the Start of the Letter”
• New font used in Australia (Queensland)
• Possibility to add a child lock before going back to the homepage (so the child stays in a specific activity)
• Update the 'f' in the Australian NSW font

As always, please send us your feedback and suggestions so we can make the app even better (support@lescapadou.com).\n\nAnd don't hesitate to rate the app in the Parents section, it is very important for us! Thanks :-) 3.0.2 09/11/2023 • New behaviors when the app detects that the child's finger, or the stylus, is out the correct path. There are now 3 possible behaviors : “Stay in Place”, “Back to the Last Validated Key Point”, and “Back to the Start of the Letter”
• New font used in Australia (Queensland)
• Possibility to add a child lock before going back to the homepage (so the child stays in a specific activity) 3.0.1 03/15/2023 • New behaviors when the app detects that the child's finger, or the stylus, is out the correct path. There are now 3 possible behaviors : “Stay in Place”, “Back to the Last Validated Key Point”, and “Back to the Start of the Letter”
• New font (Queensland)
• Possibility to add a child lock before going back to the homepage (so the child stays in a specific activity)

As always, please send us your feedback and suggestions so we can make the app even better (support@lescapadou.com) ! 3.0 02/02/2023 • Apple Pencil: New Setting to only allow the Apple pencil to write letters and words
• New Settings to customize the guiding lines displayed when writing
• Printable Worksheets: New Settings to customize the background color
• New German font (Grundschrift)

As always, please send us your feedback and suggestions so we can make the app even better (support@lescapadou.com). Thanks! 2.8 10/13/2022 • Improved import of word lists from text files (you can now specify the lists precisely as well as the titles)
• You can now Import word lists from the Web

As usual, please send us your feedback and suggestions so we can make the app even better (support@lescapadou.com). Thanks :-) 2.7 09/15/2022 • Two new fonts (15 fonts are now included)
• Ability to disable or enable each activity in the settings
• The tracing of the model is now much faster is the maximum speed is set
• Sámi letters are now available in the Scandinavia and UK fonts 2.6 09/10/2021 • New shapes to trace
• "My Words" section: Playback of long recordings is now possible
• Reports: you can now filter the letters or words displayed in the "View Tracings" section
• New setting to disable the failure sound when the child is tracing
• Improvements to the UK font
• iOS 14 optimization

As usual, do not hesitate to send us your suggestions for the next update (support@lescapadou.com). Thank you! 2.5 05/08/2021 • 3 new fonts (12 fonts are now available!)
• Apple Pencil: improved support 2.2 09/24/2020 • (iPad) New setting for the size of the letters: Size can now be very small, the use of an Apple pencil is recommended for small sizes
• The maximum word length is now 20 characters
• New font (Swiss-German)
• New shapes
• New animation to show the tracing that the child must do
• Updated all fonts for better character spacing
• Optimization of animations for high-end devices

New settings:
• Choose between the sound of the letter, or the name of the letter, or both
• Option to automatically repeat the drawing of the model
• 5-star mode: parameter to define the drawing speed of the model

As usual, please send us your feedback and suggestions so we can make the app even better (support@lescapadou.com). Thanks :-) 2.0.1 04/09/2020 Version 4.0! New features include:
• (iPad) New setting for the size of the letters: Size can now be very small, the use of an Apple pencil is recommended for small sizes
• The maximum word length is now 20 characters
• New font (Swiss-German)
• New shapes
• New animation to show the tracing that the child must do
• Updated all fonts for better character spacing
• Optimization of animations for high-end devices

New settings:
• Choose between the sound of the letter, or the name of the letter, or both
• Option to automatically repeat the drawing of the model
• 5-star mode: parameter to define the drawing speed of the model

As usual, please send us your feedback and suggestions so we can make the app even better (support@lescapadou.com). Thanks :-) 2.0 02/03/2020 • You can add spaces again when you add a new word (eg "an apple")
• Better support for iPhone X, XS, XS Max & XR
Don't hesitate to send us suggestions for the next update! 1.4 04/10/2019 • Fix a little bug that put you back to the first shape after tracing the rectangle
As always, don't hesitate to send us feedback and suggestions for the next update! 1.3 03/08/2019 • Optimization for new iPads & iPhones
Don't hesitate to send us feedback and suggestions for the next update! 1.2.2 11/28/2018 • iOS 12 optimization
• Adding words containing apostrophe is working on all iOS versions
Don't hesitate to send us feedback and suggestions for the next update! 1.2.1 11/08/2018 • Better letters menu layout
• Optimized for any screen size (including iPhone XS & XS Max)
• Scandinavian font updated
Don't hesitate to send us suggestions for the next update (support@lescapadou.com) 1.2 09/27/2018 • New setting to go to next letter automatically after the time limit
• New sound Setting for phonics and letter/word name
• Better iPhone X support
Don't hesitate to send us suggestions for the next update! 1.1 07/21/2018 1.0 11/15/2017